Harold Nicolson
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A bumper crop of books to inspire every gardener’s passion
- Gardens
- December 12, 2020, 06:00
If the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that nature has the power to soothe and restore us even in the very darkest of times, a theme that’s cent(...)

State millions and good memories: Bringing a grand house back to life
- Homes & Property
- June 29, 2019, 00:00
Getting into Doneraile Court involves climbing past the fallen rim of a balustrade which once enclosed the orangery where diarist and diplomat Harold (...)

Brexit: Trapped inside a fatal metaphor for UK departure
- UK
- October 12, 2018, 01:00
We were leaving a party in an inaccessible corner of central London and the former cabinet minister’s offer of a lift home was generous and welcome. W(...)

The Lost Imperialist review: the first Victorian celebrity
- Books
- March 7, 2015, 01:00
‘He is I suppose the most popular man in Europe, but what a bore it must be, having to keep up such a reputation.” This 1879 judgment of the first (...)

Don’t be afraid to dig deep in the garden this year
- Gardens
- January 3, 2015, 01:00
‘New beginnings”, “a fresh start”, “a new leaf”; these are the words that rattle round our heads in the fledgling weeks of a brand new year. In the(...)